Happy National Scrapbook Day everyone! I challenged 24 of our designers to create an "All About Me" layout, giving us a peek into a little part of their lives. Each of them also answered five quick scrapbooking related questions. We will be sharing these 24 layouts throughout the day. So sit back, grab a snack, and get to know our designers just a little bit more, and hopefully their projects will inspire you the next time you go to create!
“This is ...
Me”, by Jaclyn Rench.
Happy
National Scrapbook Day, Bella friends! I hope you are sneaking in some time to
get crafty today! If so, I encourage you to scrap a page about
yourself. Admittedly, this was a bit of a challenge for me, as it’s
something I don't often do. But I'm happy that this assignment forced me
out of my 'scrapbook box', so to speak. I know it will be fun page to look
back on, for both myself and my family, in the years to come!
Supplies:
Love and
Marriage: May Eighteenth, Esther Fleming Floral, Smokeys in Love, Alpha+Bits Stickers;
Engaged at Last: Bachelorette Extras, Bachelor Extras, Alpha+Bits Stickers;
Sand and Surf: Paradise, Borders; All American: Chipboard Icons; Baby Boy: Just
Write Journaling Stickers; Designer Tape: Chevron Combo; High Five Alphabet
Stickers: Gulf; Crochet Hearts: Punch
And now for some scrapping Q&A's:
1. What
are your top 5 supplies/products that you cannot scrap without?
My fiskars paper
trimmer, sewing machine, foam adhesive, pretty patterned papers and buttons!
2. What
do you listen to while you scrap? TV, music, or do you do your best working in
silence?
I
love to listen to music - right now it's Taylor Swift's Red album on repeat!
3. What
snacks and/or drinks are beside you when you're scrapping?
I'm too much of a
klutz to attempt eating or drinking while I scrap. That's not to say that
some type of candy or chocolate hasn't made it to my scrap desk a time or
two. But when it does it almost always ends in disastrous results.
4. When
do your do your best scrapping? Are you a morning scrapper, a late night
scrapper, or do you find time during the day?
I have little ones, so most of my scrapping is
done late, late at night and too often into the wee hours of the morning.
5. Be
honest. Where do your layouts go once you're done with them? In albums, in
piles, or shoved in random places?
My favorite layouts get displayed in my
crafting space for a bit. The rest of my pages often end up in a small
pile on my scrap desk, until I notice they are collecting dust - then I try to
organize them into their necessary albums.
"Only Me", by Katherine McElvain.
Creating a
layout about being an only child has been on my list of things to do. When I
thought about it in the past I had planned on making the page about how my
parents have always made my life special (Some may call it spoiled). But when I
chose this photo, or maybe it was just the mood that I was in, it became about
something else. I started thinking about how we have always just been the three
of us, and how unique and intimate that can be. So that is what the layout
became. When I wrote the journaling it made me emotional. I really am blessed
to be me, my mom and dad's only child.
Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Smokey's in Love, Esther Fleming Floral, Borders, Cute Cuts,
Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, The Wedding Party
Miniatures; Engaged At Last: He Proposed; Sand & Surf: Flying High; Sophisticates:
Sprinkles & Lace Oreo; High Five Alpha Stickers: Black-White; Crochet
Hearts: Punch; Designer Tape: Grey Dot, Pickle Juice Dot, Gulf Dot, Pickle
Juice Chevron, Blue Gingham; Buttons: Text, Neutrals Mix
And now for some scrapping Q&A's:
1. What are your top 5
supplies/products that you cannot scrap without?
My top 5 supplies are
photoshop elements, a pad of grid paper, my set of journaling pens, white
cardstock, and letter stickers. Reflecting on that list, looks like I am
a pretty boring, sort of no nonsense scrap girl.
2. What do you listen to while you
scrap? TV, music, or do you do your best working in silence?
I listen to
Pandora, books on tape from the library, I have been known to watch almost an
entire new series on netflix while I stayed up very late, but my favorite thing
to stream is the public radio series, This American Life (http://www.thisamericanlife.org/), I highly recommend it.
3. What snacks and/or drinks are beside
you when you're scrapping?
I am a water girl. But red Swedish fish go great
with water on very special scrap nights.
4. When do your do your best scrapping?
Are you a morning scrapper, a late night scrapper, or do you find time during
the day?
I am a planner of projects. I usually make a sketch and size my photos
while watching TV at night. As far as putting things together, during the day
when I am not working and the kids are in school is great, but many days
cooking, cleaning and laundry get in the way of creative production, so late
nights are always the perfect option for me.
5. Be honest. Where do your layouts go
once you're done with them? In albums, in piles, or shoved in random places?
I
keep thinking I will find the perfect way to organize my layouts....until then,
they are in two large rubbermaid tubs in my basement. Before a layout makes it
to the bin, it usually sits on a shelf or counter somewhere, waiting to be
spilled on, or touched by grubby little hands. Probably not the best
system.
